Oregon Expects Wine Surplus
Oregon Expects Wine Surplus
Feb 23, 2010 6
Oregon - As if the lingering recession weren't enough to trouble Oregon's grape growers and winemakers, they got a preliminary confirmation yesterday at the Oregon Wine Industry Symposium that their 2009 crop was a big one -- up 23% from 2008. Combined with the unsold inventory from 2008, the state faces its first significant surplus of wine in many years.
Ted Farthing, executive director of the Oregon Wine Board, introduced a panel discussion called "Charting Our Course in Challenging Times" by sharing the results of a survey of the state's 30 biggest growers to estimate the 2009 crop. The reality check came from three Californians.
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